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Did 'Spore' copy protections backfire on EA?

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Enraged by what they call "draconian" copyright protections, thousands of people flooded Amazon.com to give the game a one-star rating. What's the fuss about? Electronic Arts imposed copyright protections that limited the number of time

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Comment by Psychictaxi
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FYI
Did you know that when you buy, install, and use this game, you are being watched by EA as to how you use it? By clicking on "I have read the agreement" button (which is required to install/use it) you allow them access to your computer and agree to them monitoring it's use, and if you do something they don't LIKE, they can stop your using WHAT YOU PAID FOR altogether!
I have a good friend that has two sons, a seventh grader and a sixth grader. They bought this game, and installed it, and began to use it to create all these wild and wacky creature - and they loved it. Well, being pre-teen boys, they named one of their creatures "Penisaurus". Funny.
But not to EA...
All of a sudden, they had a pop-up come onto their computer from someone at EA that scolded them for doing something that was against the 'terms of useage' and that if they didn't delete the offending item, they would be prevented from using 'their' product (whoever 'they' are - I still haven't determined if they ment EA or the purchasers.)
I uninstalled and deleted everything having to do with this program for them, and the kids don't use it anymore.
Moral of the story? READ ALL EULAs (End User Licensing Agreement) BEFORE BUYING AND INSTALLING ANY COMPUTER PROGRAM! They make them long and boring so you WON'T read them, but you HAVE to understand what you are agreeing to in ANY agreement!
Common sense isn't all that common anymore.....



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